Frost Brown Todd (FBT) has been shortlisted in four categories for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America 2025 awards, which celebrate firms and individuals leading change across the legal profession, highlighting creative approaches to client service, sustainability, and operational excellence. Winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony in New York later this year.
FBT has been named a finalist in the following categories:
- Most Innovative Law Firm in North America: Frost Brown Todd
- Innovative Lawyers in Infrastructure: FBT devises novel legal arguments that pave way for solar development in Kentucky. Led by Greg Dutton, the firm’s Kentucky-based clean energy permitting team developed novel legal arguments that opened the door for solar expansion in the state.
- Innovation in Knowledge & Data: FBT’s Data & Innovation team introduces Co360 and other data-driven innovations
- Individual Category – Legal Intrapreneur: Cindy Thurston Bare
About Frost Brown Todd’s Renewables Industry Team
Frost Brown Todd’s Renewables team is a multi-disciplinary group of transactional, real estate, environmental-regulatory, and tax attorneys who concentrate primarily on the renewable energy sector. The team brings extensive knowledge and practical experience to each phase of the project lifecycle—from investor, joint-venture, and tax equity financing, to site selection, acquisition, and permitting, through to the construction, management, and operation of energy generation, transmission, and storage facilities.
FBT’s Commitment to Data and Innovation
FBT’s focus on data-driven initiatives and practice technology has been a cornerstone of its growth and service strategy. Collaborating with firm lawyers, its Data & Innovation team has earned significant recognitions, including being named a “Highly Commended” finalist in the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers North America 2024 awards in the “Innovation in Digitizing Legal Practice” category, as well as receiving the 2025 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law award for “Innovations in Knowledge Management.”
View the full list of Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards North America 2025 shortlist.